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The Martens Clause, Global Pandemics, and the Law of Armed Conflict

2021-01-21

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In the aftermath of the UN Secretary General’s call for a global ceasefire following the outbreak of COVID-19, a discussion emerged regarding how International Humanitarian Law applies during a global pandemic. This Article contributes to that discussion through the lens of two distinct strands of thought on the Martens Clause. The first considers the Martens Clause as capable of affecting understandings of how th...

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Literature Corpus work: eb378ba8-f8ff-5b00-8cdd-71ef9e50136e
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3769877

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